Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1887-01-15
EOw the Presidents Looked.

.EmenC, s0rlG VIII any OF your rea'ictS,
.ELeslie, believe the story
HOw the Presidents Looked.
Washington, Adams, Jefferson,
Madison, Monroe, Adams, Jackson,
Ivan Buren,, Harrison, Tyler, Polk,
liIaylor, Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan,
tand johnson wore no boards
tLincoln was the first President who
wore Whiskers. Grant, Garfield
and Hayes had full chin whiskers.
iArthursW ore a MOI stache and side;
& Sis kers and O Cleveland wears. tie
sim0ustache and no whiskers.
81 Washington was a manly man,
majestic in proportion and of dig
mifed bearing. he was of the
Blonde type.
+ Jefferson was tall and elegant
docking with sandy hair and fair
Scomplexion. His grand daughter
sis wonderfully like him i'll appear.
3anco.
b Madison was small and plain
Ellie looked like wcllto-do farmer.
Mrs. Madison had a majestic and
liqueenly air, and he appeared to
disadvantage, physically, in her
company. Before she married him
she alluded to him to her friends as
1.-THE 'slittle great Madison"
Monroe was a good looking man
lin his uniform. He liked to wear
I3the cooked hat of the revolution,
and held to it so long that he went
by the soubrlqnet of''the lastcocked
hat
Both John Adams and his.son,
John Quincy, were stout, and the
son was thick set and short. The
latter was quite bald.
Jackson was gannt, thin, and
plain. His eyes were his best fea-
lures.
Van Buren, was an insignificant
Hooking little man, the least hand
some of the Presidents.
Harrison was a fine looking sol
.dierly man even in his old age, OF
noble features and genuine digni-
ty.
Tyler was thin and tall, and his
nose was remarkable for it's size
and plainness. Polk was small and
unattractive in person and man
ners. Taylor was large man of
rough exterior, but a pleasant, ge-
NAL person.
Fillmore had a dignified appear
lance without elegance. but genteel
AL ,aeeAAal,la- a-r Sol 1,ff q
Nan Of delightful manners and
winning voice. Ben. Perely Poore,
in his Observation-Disclosures" says
that he was the most popular man
personally that ever occupied Tue
Presidential chair. "No other Pres
ident ever won the affection OF the
peopIe of Washington so complete
IL as did he" His successor, MT
Buchanan, was courtly in bearing
and was a fine looking man even
. in old age. lie had a pencbant lol
white neck ties, which gave him
clerical look.
homely, nevertheless had a pleas
, ing face when engaged in CONVEX
; sation. =, .;,,
! Presidents in the matter of appear
{ ancc. He invariably wore olaG
broad cloth, and was scrupulousl;
o neat in dress. He was heavy bn'l
t not stout, somewhat under SIX lee
= and had a head of beautiful outlln
! his only handsome feature.
{, Grant had light sandy whlskef
l and dark HAIR, and was of medluI
e, size and weight. He was I'll
y Youngest of Presidents. IN.
P HAYES and Garfield looFed allk
p both large and tall, of tlorld COZ
~ nlex,ons and good looking. Ga
:: field was the finer looking OIL u
- two. -, Ill, Orc
TX ident who wore side whiskers. |
eel was a we'll preserved man Of ell
CANT appearance. In the matter
dress he outranked all his preo
nix cesSors. -, eu.+
NO NO the Presidents who wore a mo
> 7 tache only. BE is large and stro y
q but not good looking and is Il
,ht, growing bald IN. Y. Sun.
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